Who We Are

This web site is a production of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, a grant-based program at American University Washington College of Law, which began operating six years ago with the blessings of the widows of the late Justices Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan. The project trains talented upper-level law students to teach public high school students about their constitutional rights and responsibilities. The Marshall-Brennan Fellows teach from two textbooks: We the Students and Youth Justice in America.

The Marshall-Brennan Project now has chapters at Rutgers-Camden (Camden, New Jersey), Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona), Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts), and the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).

The Marshall-Brennan staff includes:

Jamin B. Raskin, Professor of Law
Founder and Director of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project

Stephen Wermiel, Adjunct Professor of Law
Associate Director of the Marshall-Brennan Project

Maryam Ahranjani, Adjunct Professor of Law
Associate Director of the LLM in Law and Government and Curriculum Specialist

Ameilia Duroska
Program Assistant